Staring with wide, round eyes, as if in disbelief, he watched the two devour him, leaving him utterly depleted into a dried husk.
"Sword, come!" Ming Zhi Tian seized the opportunity, summoning the Zhan Huang Sword and beheading the five-year-old Great Elder!
The other five elders, seeing this, widened their eyes, reacted, and flung the mechanical puppet figures before them towards Ming Zhi Tian and his companion, seizing the chance to escape.
"Trying to leave?" Ouhuang Zun Huang's divine eyes turned cold. Ming Zhi Tian waved his hand, "No need to chase. They are just a few insignificant people."
Ouhuang Zun Huang mused, "Where did you learn your Heaven Devouring Divine Skill?"
Ming Zhi Tian replied, "I was fortunate enough to devour a Sky Devouring Beast."
Ouhuang Zun Huang said, "So it was with you."
Ming Zhi Tian felt curious, "Is this Sky Devouring Beast yours?"
Ouhuang Zun Huang said, "It was once one of my divine beast Thousand Cavalry. Then I'll give it to you."
Ming Zhi Tian wrapped the Great Elder's head and stored it in his spatial pouch, "Senior Ouhuang, thank you for your hard work."
"Mm." Ouhuang Zun Huang then voluntarily returned to the spatial pouch.
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Returning to Wanping Mountain Villa, he saw more than a dozen guards lying on the ground, having met a violent end. Ming Zhi Tian frowned and silently infiltrated.
Upon reaching the main hall, he heard Ning Xue He say, "To deal with my Ming Tian Cult, you must first weigh your own abilities. Look at yourselves, a rabble, hoping to move mountains and drain seas? Truly a fleeting dream, a foolish delusion!"
Ming Zhi Tian was puzzled, "The voice sounds so familiar?"
The stout, big-eared man exclaimed, "Ning Xue He! I didn't expect you to collude with Ying Fan and the Ming Tian Cult. I curse you to suffer ten thousand thunderbolts, all upon yourself!"
Ning Xue He then kicked him, "What do you mean I colluded with the Ming Tian Cult? I've always been part of the Ming Tian Cult!"
Hu San Gong angrily berated Ying Fan, "Ying Fan! I watched you grow up. Why did you betray Wanping Mountain Villa? Betray Qi Ran, betray us all?"
Ying Fan, holding his sword, slowly walked to Zhuo Qi Ran's side, placed a hand on his shoulder, and laughed heartily, "Because I'm unwilling! Why should he get what he has, and I don't? I want this Wanping Mountain Villa, I want to be the Villa Master, I want the approval of you, Hu San Gong, and everyone else! Why does Zhuo Qi Ran have the wind when he wants it, and the rain when he wants it? While I can only follow him, a mere shadow?"
Ming Zhi Tian arrived and observed from behind a stone pillar in the main hall. He saw that the more than a thousand people present had fallen victim to poison, and a peculiar odor filled the air. Fortunately, he was immune to all poisons and unaffected by the toxic gas.
Fei Jiang said, "This is the difference between you and Commander Zhuo. Commander Zhuo is benevolent, righteous, wise, and upright in all matters. You, on the other hand, are like a rat hiding in a corner, never striving, never improving, yet hoping for others' pity to fulfill your long-held ambitions?"
Ying Fan arrogantly turned his head to face him, "Fei Jiang, you're just a dog by Zhuo Qi Ran's side. What right do you have to judge me? For so many years, if you hadn't assisted him, how could Zhuo Qi Ran have achieved what he has today?"
Fei Jiang's divine eyes stood tall, "Ying Fan, enough with the nonsense. If you have the guts, untie me. Binding me so tightly, are you afraid?"
Ying Fan burst into laughter, "Afraid? Of course, I'm afraid. Fei Jiang, you are a divine wolf. No one here is your match. How could I not tie you tightly?"
Hu San Gong said in a scolding tone, "To gain respect and achieve success, one must find the source of their problems and improve themselves, working diligently to overcome shortcomings, rather than constantly complaining and speaking of unwillingness."